Primary Source Material

• Dice glass -- Dice were thrown and the player had to drink a glass of alcohol for every pip shown on the thrown dice. (more)
• The Game of Seven: Glückshaus and Related Dice Games -- Free PDF of an article about the game of Sevens or Gluckshaus. (more)
• Wikipedia article on the painting 'Children's Games' -- 1560 oil painting of children playing various games by Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. (more)
• David Parlett's reconstruction of Gleek -- (more)
• Image of a 14th century page of Arabic text, showing a picture of what certainly *looks* like a Tamurlane's Chess board -- (more)
• Dice board -- Two-sided dice board for Sevens or Gluckshaus. (more)
• A 14th c. MS with info about Merels and Tables -- (more)
• The Web Gallery of Art -- A useful virtual museum with a lot of period artworks. (more)